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Iceland: Norway-based Geminor and recycling company Islenska Gamafélagid plan to raise their exports of refuse to 25,000t/yr and to begin exporting new fractions of refuse. This expansion builds on a collaboration launched by the companies in 2020 to redirect materials from Icelandic landfills to waste-to-energy plants elsewhere in Northern Europe.

Geminor’s senior operations associate Helga Eggertsdottir said “Europe – and therefore also Iceland – is phasing out landfill, and therefore Icelandic waste will need better sorting. Limited domestic capacity for recycled resources means that the need for export will increase. This growing stream is made possible due to the substantial capacity of returning container transport from Iceland. The alliance between Geminor and Islenska Gamafélagid will continue to leverage Icelandic ‘waste’ as a resource, optimising the environmental and economic benefits of recycling. This cooperation is therefore reinforcing the commitment of both companies for a more sustainable waste management industry.”

Iceland: Geminor has signed a five-year contract to export 70,000t of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from Iceland to an energy-from-waste (EFW) plant in the Netherlands. The first shipment will leave Iceland in mid-2019 and regular shipments will start in October 2018. The Norwegian resource management company says that this is the first ever export of treated waste from Iceland. Previously, all local waste was landfilled.